The Liverpool Way Dead Pool 2013

[Jonny83]

No surely you'd only get full points on your specified pick? I could have 10 teenagers but only one would get me 30 points?

 

To be fair, I think if you can predict 10 under 30 celebs who will all snuff it in the next 12 months, you deserve the points, plus fair enough if people want to do this instead of the obvious really old or third world leaders a coup/revolution away from being lynched as I kind of have. I've only gone for the minimum U50s and 30s myself so not biased or particularly arsed, just my 2p.

[Teflon Don]

Don't think anyone had him, but just seen this reported on News 24:

 

Sports presenter Tony Gubba dies from illness aged 69 | Sport | guardian.co.uk

 

The sports presenter Tony Gubba has died following a short illness, his family have announced. He was 69.

 

The Manchester-born Gubba spent much of his career with the BBC but most recently worked as a commentator on the ITV series Dancing On Ice following its launch in 2006.

 

Having spent time as the Daily Mirror's north of England correspondent, Gubba joined BBC Sport in 1972, replacing David Coleman as the presenter of the midweek sports programme Sportsnight. He later went on to work on Match of the Day, both as commentator and presenter, and to introduce Grandstand as a stand-in for Frank Bough.

 

In addition to football, Gubba was a sports all-rounder who commentated on hockey, table tennis, golf, tennis, bobsleigh, ski-jumping and darts for the BBC. He also covered every Olympic Games, both summer and winter, from 1972 to 2012 and every World Cup from 1974 to 2006.

 

He leaves his partner of 15 years, Jenny, his two daughters, Claire, 40, and Libby, 38, and three granddaughters.

[Champ]

I am so old I can remember him as a reporter on Look North

[VladimirIlyich]

I am so old I can remember him as a reporter on Look North

 

Can only get look north west round here but i remember him being a bbc reporter alongside his f***y duties.

[Champ]

Can only get look north west round here but i remember him being a bbc reporter alongside his f***y duties.

 

I couldnt remember if it was called that then and the obituary I read said Look North so I went with that (never trust what you read in the papers, eh?). Was living in Marple at the time

[Guest davelfc]

Best-selling author James Herbert who wrote the horror classic The Rats, has died aged 69.

 

His publisher, Pan Macmillan, confirmed that he died at his home in Sussex this morning. No cause of death was given.

 

Jeremy Trevathan, his editor for 10 years, described him as "one of the keystone authors in a genre that had its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s".

 

He is survived by his wife, Eileen, whom he married in 1967, and their three daughters Kerry, Emma and Casey.

 

Herbert's first novel, The Rats, depicted London overrun by mutant flesh-eating rodents and sold 100,000 copies within two weeks of being published in 1974.

 

Since then, he has published 23 novels in more than 30 languages, selling 54 million copies worldwide. His latest book, Ash, was published last week.

 

 

BBC News - James Herbert: UK horror author dies aged 69

 

Have all of his books up until about his last three. Only just stocked up on his earlier books for my kindle. Loved the Rats, Lair and Domain.

[Acid]

Bernie Nolan at home for final days - UTV Entertainment

 

Chevettehs and Tom R have some good news.

[Teflon Don]

"Monty, you terrible CUNT!"

 

 

Richard Griffiths, uncle to Withnail and Harry Potter, dies aged 65 | Culture | guardian.co.uk

 

Richard Griffiths, the award-winning actor famous for his roles in Withnail & I and Harry Potter, has died following complications after heart surgery. The celebrated stage and screen star, one of Britain's best-known character actors, was 65.

 

Tributes poured in for the actor, who died on Thursday at the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire. Daniel Radcliffe, who starred alongside Griffiths in the Harry Potter films, said the actor made any room "twice as funny".

 

Radcliffe said Griffiths had supported him at two key points in his career, when he first played the young Harry Potter and later when he made his stage debut in Equus.

 

"In August 2000, before official production had even begun on Potter, we filmed a shot outside the Dursleys', which was my first ever shot as Harry. I was nervous and he made me feel at ease," he said.

 

"Seven years later we embarked on Equus together. It was my first time doing a play but, terrified as I was, his encouragement, tutelage and humour made it a joy. In fact, any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence. I am proud to say I knew him."

 

Richard E Grant, who played the title role in Withnail & I, paid tribute to his late co-star on Twitter. He wrote: "My beloved 'Uncle Monty' Richard Griffiths died last night. Chin-Chin my dear friend."

 

Griffiths was feted for his roles as Withnail's eccentric Uncle Monty in the cult classic and Hector, the unconventional teacher in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for best actor, the Drama Desk Award for outstanding actor in a play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for best featured actor in a play, and a Tony Award for best performance by a leading actor in a play.

 

He gained widespread fame as grumpy Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter films and was much loved as disillusioned police officer and pie chef, Inspector Henry Crabbe, in the successful TV detective drama series Pie In The Sky.

 

Sir Nicholas Hytner, director of the National Theatre, said Griffiths' "army of friends" would be devastated by his unexpected death. "Richard Griffiths wasn't only one of the most loved and recognisable British actors – he was also one of the very greatest," he said.

 

"His performance in The History Boys was quite overwhelming: a masterpiece of wit, delicacy, mischief and desolation, often simultaneously. But that was just one small part of a career that spanned Shakespeare, cutting-edge new plays and major work in film and television."

 

Hytner, who directed Griffiths in The History Boys and The Habit Of Art, added: "His currency as an actor was truth; as a colleague it was hilarity. His anecdotes were legendary. They were, literally, endless. They would go on for hours, apparently without destination, constantly side-splitting.

 

"The only way to stop them was to tell him you were walking away, though there were always others in the audience so, as far as I know, he never stopped. He was the life of every party."

 

Thea Sharrock, who directed Griffiths in Equus, Heroes and Sunshine Boys, said: "I worked with Richard more times than any other actor. Everybody knew he was my favourite. He was the most tender, gentle, kind, generous, loving man. His curiosity was unending, as was his striving for perfection. I cannot imagine a world without all those stories. I will miss him so very, very much."

 

The producers of Heroes and Equus, David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers, said the actor was a "great man, a great character, a great talent greatly missed".

 

Griffiths, the son of a steelworker, was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, in 1947 were he cared for his deaf parents. He left school at 15 but later studied drama, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. He married Heather Gibson in 1980 after they met during a production of Lady Windermere's Fan in 1973.

 

His portly stature, which made him instantly recognisable on screen, was thought to have been caused by medication he was given as a youngster. He was awarded an OBE for services to drama in 2007.

 

His agent, Simon Beresford, said his thoughts were with Griffiths' wife and family. "Richard brightened my days and enriched the life of anyone he came into contact with. On stage he allowed us to share in our own humanity and constantly question our differences," he said.

 

"Richard gave acting a good name. He was a remarkable man and one of our greatest and best-loved actors. He will be greatly missed."

[Guest davelfc]

Forgot I had Chavez, can I replace him now he's dead with Jerry Lewis?

 

Bush Snr will croak 4 July

[Guest LFD]

Someone must have had Thatcher.

[Remmie]

Someone must have had Thatcher.

One or two...

Billy Connolly

Prince Phillip

Kirk Douglas

Ronnie Biggs

Margaret Thatcher

Muhammed Ali

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Nelson Mandela

Denis Norden

Fidel Castro

 

Whoops didnt read it all.

 

Lindsay Lohan

Prince Phillip

Kirk Douglas

Ronnie Biggs

Margaret Thatcher

Muhammed Ali

Nelson Mandela

Denis Norden

Paul Gascoigne

Pete Doherty

 

1.Thatcher

2.Steven Hill.

3.Kirk Douglas.

4.Michael Douglas.

5. Britney Spears .Under 35

6.Brazilian Ronaldo. Under 50

7.Doris Day.

8. Abe Vigoda.

9.Kanye West.Under 50

10.Mandela.

 

So we're submitting a new list?

 

1. Thatcher

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Zsa Zsa Gabor

4. Hugo Chavez

5. Joao Havelange

6. George Bush

7. Prince Phillip

 

8. Ian Watkins

9. Bashar al-Assad

 

10. Bilawal Bhutton Zardari

 

Death List 2013

1. Kirk Douglas

2. Prince Phillip

3. Ronnie Biggs

4. Bhumibol Adulyadej

5. Margaret Thatcher

6. George Bush Senior

7. Hugo Chavez

8. Tito Vilanova (under 50)

9. Peter Ndlovu (Under 50)

10. Jack Osborne (Under 30)

 

1. Margeret Thatcher

2. Nelson Mandela

3. George Bush Snr (14th January)

4. Lindsay Lohan (under 30)

5. Phil Spector

6. George Michael

7. Bruce Forsythe

8. Macauly Culkin (under 50)

9. Britney Spears (under 50)

10. Dame Judy Dench

 

1. Thatcher

2. Kirk Douglas

3. George Bush Snr

3. Ronnie Biggs

4. Clive James

5. Denis Healey

6. James Garner

7. Hugo Chavez

 

8. Rihanna (under 30)

 

9. Courtney Love (under 50)

10. Lindsay Lohan (under someone)

 

Over 50

Kirk Douglas

Ronnie Biggs

Thatcher

George bush snr

Clive James

Henry Cecil

Hugo Chavez

 

Under 50

Catherine Zeta Jones

Joost Van Der Westhuizen

 

Under 30

Chris Brown

 

Julian Assange

Fidel Castro

Jimmy Carter

Abe Vigoda

Prince Philip

Thatcher

Hugo Chavez

Charlie Sheen - Under 50

Paul Gascoigne - Under 50

Lady Gaga will top herself to join the 27 club. Ergo, under 30.

 

Bush Sr will die on 22nd November.

 

Margaret Thatcher

Alex Ferguson

Tony Blair

George Bush

Paul Gascoigne (Under 50)

Ric Flair

Gordon Taylor

Sepp Blatter

David Bentley (Under 30)

Charlie Sheen (Under 50)

 

July 4th for George to snuff it.

 

Over 50

Thatcher

Hugo Chavez

Eli Wallach

Mickey Rooney

Nelson Mandela

Olivia de Havilland

Betty White

 

Under 50

Bashar al-Assad

Pete Doherty

 

Under 30

Miley Cyrus

 

George H. W. Bush - 29th September

 

Due to laziness, i'm going to go with the same set of immortals that i picked last year (even though I'd like to include Lenny Henry, Danny Dyer and Justin Beiber). Hopefully I'll get a chance during the year to add them.

 

2013

 

Ronnie Biggs (1929)

Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917)

Kirk Douglas (1916)

Dennis Healy (1917)

Thatcher (1925)

Jerry Lewis (1926)

Eli Wallach (1915)

 

Under 50

Charlie Sheen (1965)

Courtney Love (1964)

 

Under 30

Lindsay Lohan (1986)

 

Bush goes on 12/02/13

 

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Prince Philip

Thatcher

Jalal Talabani

Anna Wing

Olivia De Havilland

Vera Lynn

Jonathon Rhys Meyers (under 50)

Bashar al-Assad (under 50)

 

Lindsey Lohan (under 35)

 

Bush exit august 21th

 

Margaret Thatcher

Kirk Douglas

Ronnie Biggs

João Havelange

Clive James

Ian Paisley

Hugo Chavez

Angelina Jolie ( under 50 )

Pete Doherty ( under 50 )

Kim Jong-un ( under 30 )

 

Bush to invade hell on 26th March.

 

Under 30

Lindsay Lohan

 

Under 50

Lance Armstrong

Kurt Angle

 

Johnny Rotten

Paul Gascgoine

Margaret Thatcher

Road Warrior Animal

Mary-Kate Olsen

Muhammed Ali

Scott Hall

 

George Bush Snr will die August 16th

 

Ronnie Biggs

Anna Wing (Lou Beale Eastenders)

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Thatcher

Clive James

Nelson Mandela

Phil the racist

 

Under 50

Pete Doherty

Paul Gascoigne

 

Under 30

Fabrice Muamba

 

 

Bush Snr to go June 13th.

 

Over 50...

 

Kirk Douglas

Margaret Thatcher

Nicholas Parsons

Ian Brady

Stan Lee

Peter Sallis

Nancy Reagan

 

Under 50...

 

Courtney Love

Mike Tyson

 

Under 30...

 

Fabrice Muamba

 

Bush Snr to check out on 29th of June.

 

1.Margaret Thatcher

2. George Bush senior (February 5th)

3. Hilary Clinton

4. Nelson Mandella

5. Imran Khan

6. Freddie Starr

7. Max Clifford

8. sadly Clint eastwood

under 50's

9. Paul Gascoigne

10. 50 Cent

 

under 30

11. Tom Daley

 

Thatcher

Nelson Mandela

Ian Brady

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Robert Mugabe

Ronnie Biggs

Prince Phillip

Tito Vilanova (U50)

Bashar al-Assad (U50)

Lewis Hamilton (U30)

 

Bush to buy it on December 28th.

 

To defend my title:-

Nelson Mandela

Hilary Clinton

Margaret Thatcher

Prince Philip

Bert Trautmann

Eddie Large

Ronnie Biggs

U50

President Assad of Syria

Liam Gallagher

U30

Prince Harry

George Bush to die on 5th February

 

Over 50

1. Prince Phillip

2. Thatcher

3. Magic Johnson

4. Nelson Mandela

5. George Bush Senior

6 Kirk Douglas

7. Ronnie Biggs

Below 50

 

8. Terri Hatcher

9. Tara Reid

 

Under 30

10. Rhianna

 

My revised list;

 

1. Thatcher

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Zsa Zsa Gabor

4. Hugo Chavez

5. Joao Havelange

6. Clive James

7. Prince Phillip

 

8. Ian Watkins

9. Bashar al-Assad

 

10. Bilawal Bhutton Zardari

 

George Bush Snr to die on 22/02/13.

 

1- Prince Philip

2-Kirk Douglas

3- Ronnie Biggs

4- Maggie Thatcher

5- Nelson Mandela

6- Ian Paisley

7- Zsa Zsa Gabor

Under 50

Macauley Culkin

Pete Doherty

Under 30

Linsey Lohan

 

Bush Senior to peg it November 27th

 

1. Margaret Thatcher

2. Nelson Mandella

3. Hugo Chavez

4. Jake LaMotta

5. Billy Graham

6. Denis Healey

7. Fidel Castro

 

Under 50

 

1. Charlie Sheen

2. Courtney Love

 

Under 30

 

1. Lindsay Lohan

 

George H Bush will leave behind the embarrassment if being that twats dad on 30th January 2013.

 

Fair point, I had him too so I'll replace him.

 

Thatcher

Nelson Mandela

Joao Havelange

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Robert Mugabe

Ronnie Biggs

Prince Phillip

Tito Vilanova (U50)

Bashar al-Assad (U50)

Lewis Hamilton (U30)

 

Under 30

Lindsay Lohan. 2nd July 1986

 

Under 50

Charlie Sheen. 3rd September 1965

Gazza. 27th May 1967

 

The Rest

Eli Wallach

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Bernie Nolan

Ian Brady

Jerry Stiller

Maggie Thatcher

Kirk Douglas

 

Old man Bush 26th June.

 

Great to see The Death List still going strong. My brother and I contested our own Death League for years, and habitually ponced squad members from it before competition became so fierce we caught each other out scouting on NewsNow, via all manner of grisly search criteria.

 

I thought that was pretty low, until being sent this earlier:

 

Gamblers betting on whether hospital patients will live or die... even relatives and doctors have a flutter | Mail Online

 

My team, optionally named 'Deep In Stoppage Time':

 

Fabrice Muamba - Under 30

Paul Gascoigne - Under 50

Stylian Petrov - Under 50

George Bush Snr

Hugo Chavez

Nelson Mandela

Clive James

Ronnie Biggs

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Margaret Thatcher

 

Over 50

Thatcher

Helmut Kohl

Eli Wallach

Mickey Rooney

Nelson Mandela

Olivia de Havilland

Hugo Chavez

 

Under 50

Bashar al-Assad

Piers Morgan

 

Under 30

Miley Cyrus

 

George H. W. Bush - 29th September

[Acid]

Well well well well well.

 

Who wants some points??

Todays lucky winners are:

Newport

Terry Terry

Chevettehs

Fowlers God

Johnny83

JohnnyH

AJBlaikie

Steve

Ian Sea

ph245

Jairzinho

Barzini

Scouse Tapas

Sugar Ape

Joe Le Taxi

Lifetime Fan

Captain Turdseye

Slim(fast)Shady

Truefan999

VladimirIlych

Pony Princess

DaveLFC

Trucker Paddy

and Me!

 

New league table looks like this.

[Evelyn Tentions]

Old bitch should be worth double points.

[Remmie]

Are we allowed to put Noos' ex mother in law on the list?

[Fowlers God]

I will replace with Bernie Nolan.

[Captain Turdseye]

I'd like to replace her with Dick Van Dyke please. Revised list...

 

Over 50...

 

Kirk Douglas

Dick Van Dyke

Nicholas Parsons

Ian Brady

Stan Lee

Peter Sallis

Nancy Reagan

 

Under 50...

 

Courtney Love

Mike Tyson

 

Under 30...

 

Fabrice Muamba

 

Bush Snr to check out on 29th of June.

[Sugar Ape]

I'd like to replace her with Dick Van Dyke please.

 

That is the most blatant attempt I've ever seen for copying someone.

[Acid]

I've also gone for Bernie Nolan.

 

Pony Princess, you seem to be missing two people. Replace Thatcher and have another.

[Captain Turdseye]

That is the most blatant attempt I've ever seen for copying someone.

 

Say what?

[Sugar Ape]

 

Say what?

 

You deffo copied my last pick. I hope he lives to a hundred and twenty now.

[Captain Turdseye]

You deffo copied my last pick. I hope he lives to a hundred and twenty now.

 

Ha. I honestly never. I thought I'd done well by at least going to the effort of looking at last years list on the very same website that everybody else is using!

[Jairzinho]

My replacement will be Carol Thatcher.

[Ian Sea]

I'll have Bernie Nolan as my replacement.

[SCOUSE TAPAS]

My replacement is Ingram hopefully the witchs death will be to much for this cunts heart.

[Acid]

We'll have an update on Bush Sr too while we're here.

 

Out:

Terry Terry

JohnnyH

AJBlaikie

Dan

Tom R

Steve

Kal-El

Ian Sea

Barzini

Aggers Elbow

VladimirIlych

Pony Princess

Trucker Paddy

Sugar Ape

 

Still in:

April

9th - House of Dirk

27th - Bernard Diomede

 

May

2nd - Lucky Pierre

25th - Cinco Veces

 

June

4th - Truefan999

12th - Remmie

13th - Lifetime Fan

15th - Slim(fast)Shady

26th - Chevettehs

29th - Captain Turdseye

 

July

4th - Ezekiel 25:17, Jaizinho, DaveLFC, Teflon Don

5th - Jack the sipper, Grunttofuck

 

August

16th - Joe Le Taxi

21st - Scouse Tapas

 

September

29th - Newport

 

November

22nd - Acid

27th - ph245

 

December

18th - Champ

24th - Fowlers God

28th - Johnny83

 

He's got a lot of bullets to dodge in June, and a tough start to July by the looks of things.